NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

Re: 2007 NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=63618&sc=92

Now I understand why the outdoor game is going to look sold out.

http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=63618&sc=92

Interesting story on Sykora fitting in with Pens.

 

Re: 2007 NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

Sale has not yet been approved but looks to be done by Oct.11. The new owners would include those players as they are part of River City Hockey. The head of River City Hockey is Tom Gaglardi who is in a court battle over ownership of the Canucks

 

Re: 2007 NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

From the link CSC posted ... Donna Spencer of CP.

 

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The merchandise store? No.

 

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Yes, correct. JC, am I correct in assuming Tom is descendant of Flyin' Phil?

 

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Unsure about that, I just changed my original post on this.

 

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No one is willing giving up a regular-season home game. Too much revenue lost and to boot, the players wouldn't go for it because that's more time on the road.

Preseason? 'Nother story ...

 

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Why would any team be willing to do that?

 

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The sale has been approved by the Blazers board. It has not been approved by the league. That, however, is usually only a matter of process. Donna made it sound like the Blazers are still unwilling to sell.

By GREGG DRINNAN
Daily News Sports Editor
The road that led to the sale of the Kamloops Blazers was a long and
emotional one.
But Murray Owen, the president of the Kamloops Blazers Sports Society, said
Tuesday all that is in the past and the society is working hard to complete
the sale of the WHL franchise to River City Hockey Inc.
³Right now,² Owen said, ³our focus is to be very proactive in the
transition. We¹re not in a situation of confrontation with RCH; we¹ve taken
a position that this is a reality and we¹re going to assist them in every
way that we can to make the transition very professional.²
Owen added that to date the transition has gone smoothly and that ³as far as
having it come to an end, it¹s just a matter of getting all the work done.²
Of late, the society ‹ primarily Bob Smillie, who resigned from the board of
directors and was hired as executive director to oversee the sale, and
business manager Angie Mercuri ‹ has been mostly concerned with getting
information to RCH.
The society¹s membership voted Aug. 23 to sell its WHL franchise to RCH,
which comprises Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi and ex-Blazers Shane
Doan, Jarome Iginla, Mark Recchi and Darryl Sydor.
³The main focus has been to put together all the documentation for River
City,² Owen said. To that end, Mercuri has prepared books that include ³all
the data that they need to know . . . about how we run the operation.²
Owen said the society has a transition team in place ‹ it comprises Owen,
Smillie and ³our legal and accounting firms.²
³We haven¹t really had any formal communication with River City, other than
responding to their requests for information,² Owen said. ³They¹re doing
their due diligence on what they need to do. They¹re going through the
steps. They¹ve been talking to the league and we¹re in a position where
we¹re helping them wherever we can to make the transition as smooth as
possible.²
Gaglardi, who said things are ³going well . . . smooth,² is scheduled to
appear in front of the WHL board of governors in Calgary on Oct. 10. He
expects to present RCH¹s business plan for the Blazers.
³They have asked me to come to that meeting,² Gaglardi said, adding that
presenting a business plan ³won¹t be a problem at all.²
If the governors choose to vote on the sale at that meeting, RCH, from a WHL
perspective, would be the franchise¹s new owner as of Oct. 11.
Owen said that if there aren¹t any hitches, everything, including the
³signing of documents and payment of money² could be done by the end of
October.
Meanwhile, the society¹s board has talked about going forward.
³We are exploring different ideas,² Owen said. ³We intend to discuss the
issues with people other than our hockey group.²
The society tentatively has scheduled its annual meeting for Nov. 13. At
that time, society members will have the opportunity to provide input into
plans for the future.
That future will include the dispensation of funds accrued through the sale
of the team, an amount that should be around $5 million after all is said
and done.

 

Re: 2007 NHL awards/draft/off-season/training camp/preseason running thread

When the Rangers won the Cup in 1994, they beat the Devils 4-1 in a regular season game in Halifax.

 

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Donna Spencer covers junior hockey for CP.

 

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Wonder if MSG or Byrne Arena was overbooked? Was that game scheduled well in advance?

I'm not saying it never happens - even the NFL is scheduling elsewhere on rare occasion during the regular season - but I wouldn't count on any of the major sports leagues to crank out a robust schedule of regular-season games all over North America and the rest of the planet.